myophoren.
/ˈmʌɪə(ʊ)fɔː/, U.S. /ˈmaɪoʊˌfɔr/ Zoology.
A part of the shell of certain molluscs to which a muscle (often an adductor muscle) is attached.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Myophore.
1895 A. H. Cooke in Cambr. Nat. Hist. III. 274 In Septifer the anterior adductor muscle is carried on a sort of shelf or myophore.
1929 Science 18 Oct. 379/2 There is no trace of a myophore, such as exists in Congeria.
1967 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 252 91 The attachments for the adductors, consisting of prominent myophores in the more complex rudists, were associated with the teeth.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) vii. 168/1 A further development of this kind of structure led to a shaft with a head (myophore).., which increases the area of muscle attachment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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